Portfolio for sheet music



C. W. STALLING.

PORTFOLIO FOR SHEET MUSIC- APPLICATION FILED APR.3 1920- Patented May23, 1922.

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PORTFULIO FOR SHEET MUSIC.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed A ril 3, 1920. serial no. 371,138.

To all wiwmz't may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL Wrnmmwr STALL- ING, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State.of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Portfolio for Sheet Music,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to portfolios for sheet music and particularly to adevice of this character which may he used by orchestras, bands, choirs,and like assembly of musical performers, for holding double sheets,single sheets, and single sheets having double numbers of musical piecesand having facility for ready reference by constantly visible numeralsto disclose the location in the folio of any musical compositiontherein.

A. further object or advantage of the invention is to provide aninexpensive portfolio for sheet music containing the above mentionedfeatures for lying upon music stands used by orchestras and bands andhaving great flexibility, so that it will open and remain open andconstantly show the page reference numerals, and also provided withflexible and adjustable means for holding sheet music.

l. attain these objects and advantages by means of the arrangement andcombination of parts illustrated in. the accompanying drawing in Which-Figure 1, is a perspective view of a portfolio for sheet musicembodying my invention and Figure 2, is a side view of the adjustablemeans for holding single sheets, including the cable in cross sectionand fragments of sheet music.

Similar numerals refer to parts throughout the several views.

The portfolio consists of a book 1, having a plurality of flexibleleaves 2, bound together and provided with a flexible cover 3. Theleaves are made of suitable flexible board or sheets which aredimensioned a little larger than the sheet of music, to provide asuitable margin of the leaves outside of the sheet of music. Tags 4, areattached on the side edges of the leaves and numerals, as shown at 5,are stamped or imprinted thereon, in such a manner that like numeralsshall appear on the tags when the book is open, on both pages of theopened book.

The tags are preferably made of fabric, but they may be made of metalwithout decorresponding parting from my invention. The tags mentionedare arranged in numerical order, from the top to the bottom of thepages, so as to be constantly visible when the book is uncovered oropened. the book and is arranged to lie snugly in the fold of theleaves. A plurality of yielding transparent clips 7, are

the edges of the sheet music placed therein and turning on said cable toturn over the sheet of music. Theleaves are provided with angularlydisposed corner straps 8, of transparent material, such as flexiblecelluloid, so that music notes thereunder may be easily read. Yieldingclips 9, are mounted on the transparent clips 7, and are arranged topress the latter tightly upon the sheet music held thereby and slide onthe cable 6, therewith.

The straps 8, are disposed diagonally across the corners of the leaves,so as to include substantially one-third of the sheet music thereunder,and the ends of the straps are turned over and under the leaves andattached thereon by any suitable attaching means, as shown at 10, inFigure 1, 11', is a sheet of music comprising a single sheet havingmusical composition on both sides thereof and which is shown turned overand lying-on the leaf at the opposite side of the cable, the clips beingshown by dotted lines, 12, is a double folding sheet of music and whichis held in place on both sides of the cable, by the latter and thestrapsS.

The musical numbers to be played at any perfmimance, by any assembly ofmusicians, are arranged in the hook desired, the double page numbersbeing passed under the cables 6, and their lower corners placed underthe straps S. The single page numbers are placed between the clips 7,and are held in place by virtue of the pressure of the clips 9, thereon.If the musical number of the double page sheet is to be played, theleader announces the numeral associated with the pages holding thenumber to be played, in this instance number the players readily turn."When, in due course, the players must read the notes on the pagecovered by the single sheets, the same are turned over upon thepagerendered, all the sheets held by the clips being carried over at thesame time, the clips training over on the cable. If a single sheetPI'()Vl(.lG(l with musical numbers on both A. cable 6, is bound withslidably arranged on the cable and are adapted for holding on numeral 7,to which front and back, it is rotated over to display the oppositesideof the sheet. The reference or index numbers on the tags are arranged onboth sides of the same, to provide ready means for locating, forwardlyand backwardly, any index number called by the leader, to locatethedesired musical number, the index numerals being constantly visible tothe player, as shown in Figure 1. Having described my invention What Iclaim is- The combination With a book portfolio for loose sheets havinga plurality of leaves, of a cable combined with the book and arrangedbetween the leaves, and a clamping .15)

member slidably and rotatably mounted on said cable, said clampingmember comprising a flexible transparent gripping lneniber adapted forfrictionally receiving said cable and for receiving loose sheets and ayielding

